The green jersey, the Belgian Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), added this Saturday his second victory in the 109th Tour de France by bicycle, by winning the eighth stage, with the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) reinforcing the yellow.
Winner of the fourth round, Van Aert raised his arms again this Saturday, at the end of the 186.5 kilometers between Dole and the Swiss city of Lausanne, beating Australian Michael Matthews (BikeExchange-Jayco) and the yellow jersey, who cut the goal. , coinciding with a third category mountain count, with the same 04:13.06 hours as the winner.
Tadej Pogacar won four bonus seconds and increased the advantage to 39 seconds for the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and by 01.14 minutes the difference with the British Geraint Thomas (INEOS), respectively second and third overall, on the eve of the ninth stage, a link of 192.9 kilometers it enters Aigle, Switzerland, and Châtel, with two major mountain points along the way.
Source: Observadora
